Social Representations for the Anthropocene: Latin American Perspectives

The Anthropocene has become a field of studies in which the influence of human activity on the Earth System and nature is both the main threat and the potential solution. Social Representations Theory has been evolving since the 1960s.It links knowledge and practice in everyday life and is an effect...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Prado de Sousa, Clarilza (Editor), Serrano Oswald, Serena Eréndira (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2021, 2021
Edition:1st ed. 2021
Series:The Anthropocene: Politik—Economics—Society—Science
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: Building a Sand String: Social Representations for the Anthropocene
  • 2. Social Representations and History: Theoretical Problems
  • 3. Social Representations in the Study of DisasterRisk in the Municipality of Piedecuesta, Santander (Colombia): The Social Cognitive Dimension
  • 4 Confluences Between Social Representations Theory and the Psychology of Active Minorities
  • 5 Relationships Between Beliefs and Social Representations: ABrief Theoretical Reflection
  • 6 Social Representations of Justice as Developing Structures: Sociogenesis and Ontogenesis
  • 7. Common Sense in Gramsci’s and Moscovici’s Writings: Inspiration, Subversion and Revolution in Sociopolitical and Scientific Fields
  • 8. Diffusion, Propaganda and Propagation: The Actuality of the Construct. 9. The Figurative Core of Social Representations and Figures of Thought
  • 10 “The Tradition Must Carry on”: Representationsand Social Practices of Gender and Ethnicity Among Members of a Gypsy Group in a BrazilianRegion
  • 11. The Gendered Medicalized Body, Social Representations, and Symbolic Violence: Experiences of Brazilian Women with Artificial Contraceptive Methods. 12. Social Representations Theory in the Field of Nursing: Professional Autonomy, Vulnerability and Spirituality/Religiosity as Representational Objects
  • 13. Children, Multiple Ordinations of Reality and Social Representations: Dialogues with Lévy-Bruhl
  • 14 The Contribution of Social Representations Theory to Science Education. - 15 Possible Dialogues between Social Representations and Educational Policies: The Dilemma of Data Analysis
  • 16. Social Representations of Violence among Public School Students
  • 17 Quality School Education from the Perspective of Young Students: What is the Future?
  • 18 Social Representations in Motion: Concept Construction on Changing Subjects and Contexts. 19. Social Representations: A Bet on Social Change